Today, climate change is universally recognized as the extinction-level threat of our future. But another monster lurks, one you probably haven’t thought about.
Month: June 2019
A study in biological anthropology: How our “junk” makes humans unique
If you’re a nature-lover or have binged a few David Attenborough’s Planet Earth documentaries, you’ve probably pondered the existential question of creation at least once. What makes us human? Are we humans a special species, or are we merely more refined and intelligent than our cousins in the jungle? For centuries, scientists and anthropologists have debated whether humanity was merely…